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Dillard Mill State Historic Site

Dillard Mill State Historic Site from directly overhead

Dillard Mill State Historic Site is a park in Missouri, at a recorded elevation of 276 m. Bell Mountain stands 519 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Dillard Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Great River Road passes 62 miles off. 135 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
276 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.71808, -91.20690

135 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
Springs: 27
  • Wishing Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Woodlock Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Howes Mill Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Iron Ore Spring: 10.2 mi
Parks: 22
Ghost towns: 14
Historic sites: 11
  • Ozark Trail Northern John Roth Memorial: 13.3 mi
  • Ozark Trail Southern John Roth Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 18.6 mi
  • SHS Tiger Tank: 19.4 mi
  • SHS Football: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 5
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Hawkins Cove Natural Bridge: 22.0 mi
  • Turner Natural Bridge: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Canoe Tower: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Educational Garden: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Point Picnic Area: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dillard Mill State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bell MountainESE 109°519 m19.7 mi
Lindsey MountainESE 110°507 m20.7 mi
Johnson MountainE 88°501 m17.4 mi
High Top MountainESE 115°483 m22.5 mi
High Top MountainESE 115°483 m22.5 mi
Pruitt MountainE 86°478 m20.4 mi
Goggins MountainSE 125°452 m21.3 mi
Logan MountainE 87°449 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:4419:5120:31
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1716:0916:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566472767568574536
Precip in2.72.84.05.05.64.23.74.34.03.73.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salem, 19 mi away.

  • viper's-bugloss8 obs
  • moth mullein3 obs
  • Blanchard's Cricket Frog3 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
  • American sycamore2 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches2 obs
  • Giant Leopard Moth2 obs
  • rose vervain2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358084313

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